Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Betula alleghaniensis Britt. [Yellow Birch]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
15
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
34.3%
 
 
 Standard Error
10.2%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bazzaz and Miao (1993)

greenhouse, low light, low nitrogen
23%

 

 

Bazzaz and Miao (1993)

greenhouse, low light, high nitrogen
62%

 

 

Bazzaz and Miao (1993)

greenhouse, high light, low nitrogen
16%

 

 

Bazzaz and Miao (1993)

greenhouse, high light, high nitrogen
2%

 

 

Berntson et al. (1997)

growth containers inside glasshouses, shoots
11%

 

 

Berntson et al. (1997)

growth containers inside glasshouses, roots
16%

 

 

Berntson et al. (1997)

growth containers inside glasshouses,woody roots
17%

 

 

Berntson et al. (1997)

growth containers inside glasshouses,fine roots
16%

 

 

Berntson et al. (1997)

growth containers inside glasshouses,total biomass
13%

 

 

Catovsky and Bazzaz (1999)

glasshouse, wet
44%

 

 

Catovsky and Bazzaz (1999)

glasshouse, intermediate
39%

 

 

Catovsky and Bazzaz (1999)

glasshouse, dry
25%

 

 

Cheng (2007)

Well watered seedlings grown for 62 days in 12-cm-diameter by 12-cm-high pots filled with natural soil and placed in a phytotron
15%

 

 

Wayne et al. (1998)

Seedlings grown for two months in controlled environment glass cabinets at day/night temperatures of 26/21?C
45%

 

 

Wayne et al. (1998)

Seedlings grown for two months in controlled environment glass cabinets at day/night temperatures of 31/26?C
170%

 

 

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